[Shotimes] 91+ won't start CHECK THIS POSSIBILITY..... **** UPDATE ****

[sho @ crued.net]

So on the way home from getting rained out at the track today (my other
vehicle is an '01 Lightning), I thought to myself "Wait a second, sometimes
I can't use the keypad to unlock the doors/open the truck, this could be
that computer/power issue"  So I get home, and use the keypad and the car
opens.  I try to start it, and it fires right up.  So I believe the issue is
that the computer is not getting power.  Thanks for the tip, I'll replace
the cables (the cables are the originals) with new OEM cables.

Thanks people, hopefully this will solve the issue!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of George Fourchy
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:57 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 91+ won't start CHECK THIS POSSIBILITY.....
>
>
> On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:59:04 -0700, Your Name wrote:
>
> >--
> >My 91+ mtx won't start.  It turns over, but doesn't fire up.  Battery
> >was just replaced and has juice, but like I said endlessly turns,
> >never fires.  I tried pedal to the floor, but that didn't seem to
> >help.  I'm hoping it's just flooded.  Any help, ideas suggestions!?
>
> OK...listen up.
>
> First.....how bright is the CE light when it is on with the key
> on and engine off?  Is it
> as bright as the antilock light?  Or is it dimmer than that?
>
> Are your battery cables original, or have the ends been replaced
> with the cheap ones you
> can get everywhere with two small bolts that clamp the bare end
> of the cables to the lead
> of the connector?  If you have these cheap connectors, how secure
> is the small wire that
> comes off the positive cable that powers the computer...and the
> negative one?
>
> Check for spark like everyone else said....hook an inductive
> timing light up to a plug
> wire and crank it over.  You probably will have spark in any
> case, computer or not.  If
> you do not hear the fuel pump coming on when the key first comes
> on, and the CE light is
> dimmer than normal, the computer is unpowered, and there is no
> way the engine will run.
> The fuel pump will not be supplying pressure, and the injectors
> think you are inside your
> house.  I have a Plus that had that problem while being driven
> all the way across the
> country.   Tighten those two bolts down tight that hold the cable
> into the connector, and
> as soon as you can, replace them with integral cable/connectors
> (new cables).  Corrosion
> and looseness will cause the small wire to become poorly
> connected to the connector, even
> though it is nestled next to the big cable, and the car will die.
>  It cost me $5000 to
> figure that out, what with renting cars to drive home, driving
> back and towing the Plus
> home, and lodging for an extra week or 10 days.
>
> George and the Lowrider, and the others, all now with good battery cables.
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